The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-15
THE CAIORIMETER.
The Strange Machine Which Dr. Hammond
Used on Jay Gould.

The Strange Machine Which DE. Hammond
Used on jay Gould.
The other day Jay Gould visited the
Office of DR.. William A. Hammond, In
West Fifty-fourth street, for the pur-
pose of finding out what. IL any thing.
was the matter with his head. He had
been troubled with neuralgia and In.
somnia, and decided that he would
have DR.. Hammond test his Uranium
with his wonderful thermo-electric
differential calorimeter. Within half
an hour after Mr.. Gould's visit the
doctor was overwhelmed with ques-
tons as to the nature of the Wall
street magnate's malady. The ques-
tons came by telegraph, by messen-
ger and by personal entreaty, for the
most part, of course, from people in
terested i'm the stock market A re-
porter called on the doctor and incl
dentally asked him what was the result
of his examination of Mr.. GOuld's
head.
81 shall not tell you," replied DR..
Hammond. with professional wariness.
II never talk about the cases of my
patients. If / did, 1 might often give
out points which would make serious
changes in stock quotations in Wall
street, and that would be manifestly
improper and dishonest on my part.
But" continued he, eff you will step
with ME into my examination-room, i
will show you the machine i examined
Mr.. Gould's head with"
The calorimeter rested upon table
before the darkencd window. The
doctor explained that it was the inven.
ton of DIR. j. 5. Lombard, formerly
assistant professor of phrenology at
Harvard. Its action is demonstrated
by means of delicate needle upon the
face of a graduated circular scale
about three inches in diameter. The
heat of the various portions of the
head, which it registers, is changed
into electricity by applying the thermo-
electric poles, which are similar to the
handles of galvanic battery, when
the needle instantaneously records the
result. So delicate is this instrument
that the heat generated by the agita-
ton of the wings of bee, at the end of
tin tube three feet long placed
against one of the poles, will be re-
corded by the needle.
"In healthy right-handed person."
said the doctor, .'the left side of the
head is hotter than the right side. The
forehead also is hotter than the back of
the head, in a state of health. IL the
person be left-handed, the right side
will be the hotter. BY means of this
instrument / can detect and locate
ciot of blood upon the brain of q
patient. Now, if you will sit in this
chair where Mr.. Gould sat, facing the
instrument. / will show you how it
works. You are left-handed, eh?'
81 am not" replied the reporter.
"Then," said the doctor. IF your
head is all right, when place the poles
against either side of IL the needle Will
move toward the window"
The needle moved toward the win
dow.
81 will now change the poles to your
forehead and the back of your head.
II your head is in healthy condition,
the needle will move toward YOU"
The change in the manner of appli-
cation caused the needle to move to-
ward the reporter.
eff il is any satisfaction to you,"
said DIR. Hammond, "you may be
pleased to know that your head is
level"
Except to say that the needles moved
similarly, when Mr.. Gould occupied
the chair, however, the doctor would
reveal nothing as to the condition of
his famous patients head. 1t was
learned elsewhere, nevertheless, that
MIR. Gould's fears for the condition of
his brain have been quoted by the
action of the doctors little machine,
and that his sleep has returned to him
and his neuralgia has in great meas
ure departed.-M. Y. Tribune.